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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 10, 1959

Page

6

AP Top 10 Basketball Poll Shows Kentucky Back at No 1

Kentucky leads the Associated Press college basketball poll with 855 points and 42 first place votes, followed by North Carolina and Kansas State. Mississippi State enters the top 10 after Kentucky’s 66-58 loss to Mississippi State, while Michigan State drops to 12th after an 85-61 defeat to Purdue.

Kentucky North Carolina Kansas State Associated Press Mississippi State Michigan State Big Ten Spartans Purdue Bradley St. Louis West Virginia Auburn Cincinnati North Carolina State WLS Marquette Seattle Oklahoma City Indiana Texas Christian Utah California St. John’s

West Virginia and national college basketball scores listed

WV high school results include Williamson 73 over Bluefield 65 and Elkview 51 over Sissonville 46. College games feature West Virginia Wesleyan 91 over WV Tech 89, Glenville State 89 over WV State 83, and national spots such as Mississippi State 66 over Kentucky 58 and Auburn 93 over Florida 71 with listed Tuesday slate Detroit 122 over Cincinnati 97 and St Louis at Detroit.

W. Va THE Associated Press Williamson Bluefield Elkview Sissonville Amigo Byrd-Prillerman Kingston Marlinton Rupert Buffalo of Putnam Wayne Williamson Liberty Logan Aracama Elkins Buckhannon Meadow Bridge Rainelle Middlebourne St. Marys Chattaray Kermit Seth Harts West Virginia Wesleyan West Virginia Tech Glenville State West Virginia State West Liberty Wheeling Bluefield State Fayetteville N.C Fairmont State California Detroit Cincinnati St. Louis Syracuse Philadelphia Boston Minneapolis New York Cincinnati-Minneapolis Houston Rat Wesleyan Morris Harvey Tech Alderson-Broadcust W. Va. State Fairmont Davis & Elkins Bethany Beckley Concord Salem Glenville Shepherd Potomac Neckley Concord Wesleyan State AB Salem

Bobcats Edge Tech In 91 89 Clincher

West Virginia Wesleyan clinches its first regular season State Conference basketball title by beating old rival West Virginia Tech 91-89 on Tech’s home court. Bill Bauserman’s clutch shooting secures the win as Wesleyan moves to 17-1 in the league with two games left. Tech drops to 11-3.

West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats West Virginia Tech Bill Bauserman Tech Montgomery Hank Ellis Wesleyan Morris Harvey Davis & Elkins Fairmont State West Virginia State Alderson Broaddus Salem Fairmont Beckley Concord Shepherd Catholic U

Conference Roundup Brings Narrow Weselyan Win and Slams

Glenville State overwhelmed West Virginia State 89-63 while West Liberty defeated Wheeling 79-58. Bluefield State beat Fayetteville 88-60 and Fairmont edged California 67-65 on a late 30-foot set shot by Fred Hikel. Bauserman and McDonald each had 24 for Wesleyan in a comeback over Wells.

Glenville State West Virginia State West Liberty Wheeling College Bluefield State Fayetteville N.C Fairmont California State Fred Hikel Bauserman Wesleyan Jim McDonald Wayne Dawson Kermit Gentry Bears Bobcats Ken Remley Tech Bob ‘Watson Morris Harvey Deon Nuckols Tom Burns Glenville Orrin Jenkins Frank Casey Bob McNabb Clyde Eads Pace Hilltoppers Wheeling Tom Santer Bluefield James Carter Leander Howell Ron Everhart Don Layman Hike Falcons Roger Hotz Nets

U S Open Course Par and Yardage Set for Winged Foot

Mamaroneck New York reports the U S Open next June 11 13 will use Winged Foot West layout reduced to 70 par total 6873 yards with 35 on each side.

Mamaroneck N.Y Winged Foot

Upsets Hit College Basketball As Kentucky Falls

In a night of major upsets, Kentucky the defending NCAA champion and AP top team lost 66-58 to Mississippi State dropping to third in the SEC behind Auburn. DePaul upset Marquette ending the Golden Eagles 15 game win streak as Indiana frittered away a big lead, and Illinois rallied to beat Indiana 99-83. Auburn extended its 28 game unbeaten run with a 61-7 shooting edge while other SEC results included Georgia Tech edging LSU and Alabama topping Georgia. Notre Dame and St. John’s were picked for the NCAA tournament with a 80-69 victory over St. Francis.

Kentucky Mississippi State Marquette Associated Press Wildcats Auburn Florida Mississippi Tulane Georgia Louisiana State State Bailey Howell DePaul Jim Fleming Indiana Michigan State Hoosiers Ilinois Illini Illinois Wisconsin Purdue Tigers Jim Fibbe Dave Denton Georgia Tech LSU Senyn Japlan Alabama Jim Henry Vanderbilt Tennessee VMI Davidson Furman William and Mary Ray Lewis Oklahoma Nebraska Dale Ball Rice Arkansas North Texas State Houston Missouri

Shady Spring and Hinton Grapplers Win Dual Meets

Shady Spring beat Mullens 35 15 at Beaver with every bout ending in a fall while Hinton defeated Webster Springs 39 2. Individual results include Shady Spring pins by Kiser Rakes Anderson Meadow Richmond and Atwood Davies Humphrey. Mullens pins by Atwood Davies Humphrey. Hinton pins by Plumley Webb Pack Nichols Goff and Williams plus a forfeit and a draw.

Shady Spring Hinton Tigers Mullens Beaver Bobcats Webster Springs Shady Bobby Kiser Kenneth Lane Frank Rakes Melford Carrington Carl Anderson David Lewis Ron Hopkins Harvey Hinchee Jim Meadow Dickie Davidson Ron Richmond Edward Mullens Dale Atwood Jack Robertson David Davies Jim Nixon David Humphrey Paul Pack Richard Palmer Jack Sebert Webster Jack Plumley Roger Clayton John Webb Gary Morris Larry Pack George Young Tom Nichols Arnold Cowger Tim Ward Paul Carpenter Clacey Goff Paul Myers Eldridge McBride Jim Parker Gary Wilson Alvin Whisner Bob Hogan Bill Carpenter Bob Williams Junior Ware

Hawks Invade Concord Tonight in State Conference clash

Beckley College aims for a second straight win over Concord in Athens at 8 PM as Coach Bill Bowman fields Tex Williams Ron Manning Pete Culberto Bob Backus and Robert Morris. Beckley seeks an 8 9 league record heading into Buckhannon tournament after recent 79 60 win at Recreation building.

Beckley College Concord Athens Blue Hawks Mountain Lions Blue Hawk Beckley Lions Bill Bowman Davis & Elkins Salem Hawks Buckhannon Bowman the Recreation Sue Bennett London Kentucky Tex Williams Ron Manning Pete Culberto Bob Backus Robert Morris

Musial signs $100000 Cardinals contract as time nears end

Stan Musial, 38, signed a $100,000 deal with the St. Louis Cardinals at the Aut 1st A Busch Jr. brewery, saying he would like to play one more year and perhaps two more if possible. The seven-time NL batting champion noted age is catching up, while remaining the league's top paid star, with Ted Williams reportedly earning $125,000.

ST. Louis Stan Musial St. Louis Cardinals Musial Cardinal Aut 1St A

Boxing cards from multiple cities and bouts listed

New York Stefan Redl outpointed Ernie Williams in a 146 pound affair in Passaic New Jersey. Washington Jackson Brown outpointed Willie Greene in Providence Rhode Island. Paris Alphonse Halimi stopped Pierre Cossemyns in Belgium in 3 weights unavailable. Las Vegas Willie Vaughn outpointed Eddie Andrews in Las Vegas.

Associated Press New York Stefan Redl Passaic N. J Ernie Sonny Boy) Williams Washington Providence R. I

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